EP2889731A1 - Dispositif de pilotage de panneau tactile, dispositif d'affichage, terminal mobile, programme pilote de panneau tactile, support d'enregistrement lisible par ordinateur sur lequel est enregistré un programme pilote de panneau tactile, et procédé de pilotage de panneau tactile - Google Patents
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- a capacitive touch panel had such a problem that there is a possibility that noise attributed to an inverter fluorescent light, AM (amplitude modulation) waves, an AC (alternating current) power source, or the like (such noise being hereinafter referred to as "external noise”) may be transmitted to the touch panel to cause a malfunction.
- AM amplitude modulation
- AC alternating current
- Patent Literature 1 proposes a method for detecting a touch signal synchronized with a driving signal for driving a capacitive touch panel, in which method a touch signal is detected under a condition that is free of the influence of external noise, the condition being selected using a plurality of signals of different frequencies.
- the receiving circuit detects a touch signal by using a plurality of driving signals of different frequencies to select, from among these driving signals, a signal of a frequency that is free of the influence of external noise.
- the moving average of contact information is calculated for even numbers of successive frames, whereby calculated contact information in each of the frames can be obtained.
- the portable terminal device 1 of the present embodiment is intended to represent a system in which a touch panel sensor (TP sensor) and an LCD (liquid crystal display) glass are joined on top of each other and a touch panel controller (TP controller) 40 and a liquid crystal driver 12 are controlled from a host controller 50.
- the touch panel controller 40 drives a TP sensor in synchronization with a Hsync signal (horizontal synchronizing signal HS) that is outputted from the liquid crystal driver 12.
- the liquid crystal module 10 includes the liquid crystal panel 11 and the liquid crystal driver 12.
- the liquid crystal panel 11 includes a plurality of gate lines, a plurality of source lines, and a plurality of display pixels.
- the plurality of gate lines run parallel to one another at regular intervals.
- the plurality of source lines which extend in a direction orthogonal to the gate lines, run parallel to one another at regular intervals.
- the display pixels are provided at the intersections between the gate lines and the source lines, respectively.
- a TFT thin film translator
- the touch panel 30 is an input device provided for a touch operation to be performed on the display screen of the liquid crystal panel 11. When a touch operation is performed on the touch panel 30, the touch panel 30 outputs a signal corresponding to the touch position. Any type of touch panel can be used as the touch panel 30, but in the present embodiment, a capacitive touch panel is used.
- This configuration makes it possible to separately provide a section that executes a process for reducing external noise (e.g. the host controller 50) and a section that detects external noise (e.g. the touch panel controller 30), thus making it possible, for example, to reduce the information processing cost and device cost on the touch panel controller 30 as compared with a case where the touch panel controller 30 is provided with both the section that executes a process for reducing external noise and the section that detects external noise.
- a section that executes a process for reducing external noise e.g. the host controller 50
- a section that detects external noise e.g. the touch panel controller 30
- the interrupt control section 44 may be configured to adjust, in accordance with the remaining amount of electricity that the feeding device 3 can feed, the frequency at which the interrupt control section 44 transmits the interrupt signal to the host controller 50. For example, the frequency of transmission of the interrupt signal can be reduced one for two.
- the host controller 50 Upon receiving an interrupt signal indicating external noise detection, the host controller 50 causes a liquid crystal drive parameter setting section 51 to change a liquid crystal drive parameter. How to change the liquid crystal drive parameter will be described in detail later.
- Fig. 4 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the touch panel controller 40.
- the input operation detection section 42 includes the sampling section 42a and the touch position calculation section 42b.
- the sampling section 42a is connected to the sense lines R1 to Ry of the touch panel 30, samples output signals from the sense lines R1 to Ry (at coordinates) in sequence, and inputs the data thus sampled to the noise detection section 43.
- the host controller 50 of the present embodiment is configured to, upon receiving an interrupt signal (cause of interrupt: external noise detection), cause the liquid crystal drive parameter setting section 51 to change the cycle or duration of the 1H period, i.e. a liquid crystal drive parameter, so as to change the frequency of the touch panel driving signal.
- an interrupt signal cause of interrupt: external noise detection
- the liquid crystal drive parameter setting section 51 to change the cycle or duration of the 1H period, i.e. a liquid crystal drive parameter, so as to change the frequency of the touch panel driving signal.
- the noise detection section 43 may identify the cycle of external noise such as the one shown in Fig. 7 , and the liquid crystal drive parameter setting section 51 may adjust the cycle or duration of the 1H period in accordance with the the identified cycle of external noise in such a manner that a predetermined amount or more of external noise is not inputted when the input operation detection section 42 detects a plurality of output signals.
- This configuration will not greatly change the cycle or duration of the 1H period more than necessary. Therefore, this configuration makes it possible, for example, to avoid a situation where a change in the cycle or duration of the 1H period causes the frame rate of display to be less than 60 Hz.
- the frequency can be shifted by 8.5% (6.6 kHz) by causing the 1H period to decrease by 1 ⁇ s from the default value of 12.8 ⁇ s (78.4 kHz) to 11.8 ⁇ s. It is intended here to keep the frame rate of liquid crystal display at 60 Hz or higher as mentioned above, as setting the frequency to 76 kHz or lower causes the frame rate of liquid crystal display to be 60 Hz or lower.
- Fig. 7 is a graph showing an example of a frequency distribution of external noise that is generated when the power source conversion device 4 (AC charger) is connected to the portable terminal device 1.
- Fig. 7 shows that shifting the frequency of a driving signal of the touch panel 30 by approximately ⁇ 7% (approximately 10 kHz) makes it possible to avoid the peak frequency of external noise. This makes it possible to prevent erroneous detection of a touch position and therefore improve operability.
- the host controller 50 stores, in a memory section (storage section) 52, a set value of a 1H period during which external noise was successfully avoided.
- a memory section storage section
- storing an adjusted value (which was effective in reducing external noise) of the cycle or duration of a 1H period in the memory section 52 in advance and calling up the adjusted value makes it possible to, after the adjusted value has been stored in the memory section 52, shorten the duration of a process for avoiding external noise and the duration of touch panel sensitivity degradation, thus making it possible to shorten touch detection time, i.e. to improve the operability of the touch panel 30.
- Fig. 6 is a set of flow charts (a) and (b) for explaining the flow of the process for reducing external noise.
- FIG. 6 shows the flow of control on the side of the touch panel controller 40.
- step S11 the word "step” being hereinafter omitted
- the input operation detection section 42 of the touch panel controller 40 starts scanning (detecting) a plurality capacitances(output signals) at TP sensor intersections in numerical form. Then, the process proceeds to S12. It should be noted that touch panel controller 40 checks capacitances at the TP sensor intersections in numerical form every frame.
- the input operation detection section 42 scans (detects) the DC map value of the entire screen of the touch panel 30 (60 fps; frames per second). Then, the process proceeds to S13.
- S14 if the average of DC map values of the entire screen is 30 or greater, the noise detection section 43 determines that the presence of external noise has been confirmed, and notifies the interrupt control section 44 accordingly. Then, the process proceeds to S15 (YES; noise detecting step). On the other hand, if the average of DC map values of the entire screen is less than 30, the noise detection section 43 determines that external noise is not present, and the process returns to S11 (NO). This is based on the fact that interference between the driving frequency of the touch panel 30 and the frequency of AC charger noise caused by the power source conversion device 4 tends to cause the capacitance in the entire screen of the touch panel 30 to be higher than normal.
- the interrupt control section 44 receives notification of the confirmation of the presence of external noise (notification of external noise detection), and transmits an interrupt signal (cause of interrupt: external noise detection or liquid crystal frequency change) to the host controller 50. Then, the process proceeds to S16. At this time, an in-screen DC map value is also fed back.
- (b) of Fig. 6 shows the flow of control on the side of the host controller 50.
- the process proceeds from S16 to S17.
- the host controller 50 receives (detects) the interrupt signal (cause of interrupt; external noise detection or liquid crystal frequency change). Then, the process proceeds to S18.
- the liquid crystal drive parameter setting section 51 confirms whether or not a noise reduction parameter (i.e. an adjusted value of cycle or duration of a 1H period during which an effect of reducing external noise was brought about: hereinafter referred to simply as "parameter”) is stored in the memory section 52.
- a noise reduction parameter i.e. an adjusted value of cycle or duration of a 1H period during which an effect of reducing external noise was brought about: hereinafter referred to simply as "parameter”
- the host controller 50 in order to change the touch panel driving frequency, the host controller 50 extends or shortens the "frequency of the 1H period", i.e. the liquid crystal drive parameter. More specifically, the liquid crystal drive parameter setting section 51 finds a value obtained by subtracting 1 ⁇ s from the cycle (default) of the 1H period or a value obtained by adding 1 ⁇ s to the cycle of the 1H period. Then, the liquid crystal drive parameter setting section 51 confirms whether or not the value obtained by subtracting 1 ⁇ s from the cycle of the 1H period is equal to or less than a set MIN value. If the value obtained by subtracting 1 ⁇ s from the cycle of the 1H period is equal to or less than the set MIN value, the process proceeds to S21.
- the liquid crystal drive parameter setting section 51 finds a value obtained by subtracting 1 ⁇ s from the cycle (default) of the 1H period or a value obtained by adding 1 ⁇ s to the cycle of the 1H period. Then, the liquid crystal drive parameter setting section 51 confirms whether or not the value
- the liquid crystal drive parameter setting section 51 chooses, from among values of the liquid crystal parameter, the value obtained by subtracting 1 ⁇ s from the cycle of the 1 H period and sets the value as a new 1H period. Then, the process proceeds to S22.
- the host controller 50 sets the parameter (i.e. the new 1H period) in V synchronization and notifies the touch panel driving section 41 of the touch panel controller 40, and the touch panel driving section 41 drives the touch panel 30. Then, the process proceeds to S23.
- the driving frequency of the touch panel 30 becomes equal to or lower than 60 Hz, the frequency is shifted toward a shorter 1 H cycle (assuming that the set limit value is ⁇ 1 ⁇ s).
- the liquid crystal drive parameter setting section 51 may be configured to shift the frequency by an absolute value of 1.7% incrementally, e.g. by ⁇ 1.7%, ⁇ 3.4%, ⁇ 5.1%, ⁇ 6.8%, and ⁇ 8.5% in sequence, and choose, from among the set values thus obtained, a value at which the lowest DC map value is obtained (i.e. a value at which external noise is most effectively reduced).
- This configuration makes it possible to prevent degradation in touch panel sensitivity in the case of interference between the frequency of AC charger noise and the touch panel driving frequency in a state where liquid crystal driving and touch panel driving are synchronized with each other.
- This configuration also makes it possible to minimize the duration of touch panel sensitivity degradation that is caused the next time the same power source conversion device 4 charges the portable terminal device 1. In other words, this configuration makes it possible to shorten the duration of a search for the liquid crystal drive parameter (i.e. the frequency of the 1H period).
- blocks of the touch panel controller 40 or the host controller 50 may be realized by a logic circuit (hardware) provided in an integrated circuit (IC chip) or the like or may be realized by software as executed by a CPU (central processing unit).
- the touch panel controller 40 or the host controller 50 includes a CPU and storage devices (storage media).
- the CPU executes instructions of a program realizing the foregoing functions.
- the storage devices include a ROM (read only memory) which contains the program, a RAM (random access memory) to which the program is loaded, and a memory containing the program and various types data.
- the object of the present invention can also be achieved by mounting to the touch panel controller 40 or the host controller 50 a computer-readable storage medium containing control program code (executable program, intermediate code program, or source program) for the touch panel controller 40 or the host controller 50, which is software realizing the aforementioned functions, in order for the computer (or CPU, MPU) to retrieve and execute the program code contained in the storage medium.
- Non-transitory tangible media e.g., tapes such as magnetic tapes and cassette tapes, disks including magnetic disks such as floppy (Registered Trademark) disks and hard disks and optical disks such as CD-ROM/MO/MD/DVD/CD-R; cards such as IC cards (including memory cards) and optical cards, semiconductor memories such as mask ROM/EPROM/EEPROM (Registered Trademark)/flash ROM; logic circuits such as PLDs (programmable logic devices) and FPGAs (field programmable gate arrays); and the like.
- non-transitory tangible media e.g., tapes such as magnetic tapes and cassette tapes, disks including magnetic disks such as floppy (Registered Trademark) disks and hard disks and optical disks such as CD-ROM/MO/MD/DVD/CD-R; cards such as IC cards (including memory cards) and optical cards, semiconductor memories such as mask ROM/EPROM/EEPROM (Registered Trademark)/flash ROM
- the touch panel controller 40 or the host controller 50 may be arranged to be connectable to a communications network so that the program code may be delivered over the communications network.
- the communications network is not limited in any particular manner, and may be, for example, the Internet, an intranet, extranet, LAN, ISDN, VAN, CATV communications network, virtual dedicated network (virtual private network), telephone line network, mobile communications network, or satellite communications network.
- the transfer medium which makes up the communications network needs only be a medium over which the program code can be delivered, is not particularly limited in configuration or type, and may be, for example, wired line, such as IEEE 1394, USB, electric power line, cable TV line, telephone line, or ADSL line; or wireless, such as infrared radiation (IrDA, remote control), Bluetooth (Registered Trademark), IEEE802.11 wireless, HDR (High Data Rate), NFC (Near Field Communication), DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance) (Registered Trademark), mobile telephone network, satellite line, or terrestrial digital network.
- the present invention encompasses a carrier wave or data signal transmission in which the program code is embodied electronically.
- the present invention can also be expressed as follows:
- a touch panel driving device of the present invention may be a touch panel driving device including: a feeding section that supplies a power source to a display device; a driving section that drives a touch panel that is used in the display device; an input operation detection section that detects, in accordance with an output signal from the touch panel, an input operation performed on the touch panel; a noise reduction section that reduces an effect on the input operation detection section of noise generated from the feeding section; a noise detection section that identifies the magnitude and cycle of noise during feeding; and a noise reduction control section that controls, in accordance with the magnitude and cycle of noise detected by the noise detection section, a noise reduction method that is employed by the noise reduction section.
- the foregoing configuration makes it possible to minimize the effect of external noise while eliminating noise caused by a display operation performed by the display device, thus making it possible to surely detect a touch signal.
- the touch panel driving device of the present invention may be configured such that: the noise reduction section identifies a cycle of noise that is detected by the noise detection section; and the driving section is controlled so that a certain amount or more of noise is not inputted at a timing when the input detection section detects an input.
- touch panel driving device of the present invention may control an operating frequency.
- the touch panel driving device of the present invention may control a liquid crystal drive setting parameter (cycle or duration of a horizontal synchronization period) as a way of controlling the operating frequency.
- the touch panel driving device of the present invention may store the liquid crystal drive setting parameter in a memory to shorten an amount of time required for a noise reduction process and minimize the duration of touch panel sensitivity degradation.
- the touch panel driving device of the present invention may store a remaining battery level of the feeding device in a memory to determine, in accordance with the remaining battery level, whether or not to control the liquid crystal drive setting parameter.
- a display device of the present invention is a display device including: a touch panel; and a touch panel driving device that drives the touch panel, the touch panel driving device being a touch panel driving device of any of the above configurations.
- the display device of the present invention may be a liquid crystal display device.
- a touch panel driving device includes: a drive control section that controls driving of a touch panel by transmitting a driving signal; a signal detection section that detects a plurality of output signals that are outputted from coordinates of the touch panel, respectively; a noise detection section that detects, in accordance with the magnitude of at least one of the plurality of output signals detected by the signal detection section, the presence or absence of at least external noise of an input operation performed on the touch panel; and a noise reduction section that, in a case where the presence of external noise has been detected by the noise detection section, executes a process for reducing the external noise by adjusting a cycle or duration of a horizontal synchronization period of the driving signal.
- a touch panel driving method is a touch panel driving method for controlling driving of a touch panel by transmitting a driving signal, including: a signal detecting step of detecting a plurality of output signals that are outputted from coordinates of the touch panel, respectively; a noise detecting step of detecting, in accordance with the magnitude of at least one of the plurality of output signals detected in the signal detecting step, the presence or absence of at least external noise of an input operation performed on the touch panel; and a noise reducing step of, in a case where the presence of external noise has been detected in the noise detecting step, executing a process for reducing the external noise by adjusting a cycle or duration of a horizontal synchronization period of the driving signal.
- the present inventors discovered that the magnitude of at least one of the plurality of output signals that are under the influence of external noise (at least one of the plurality of output signals being hereinafter referred to simply as "output signal”) tends to be greater than that of a normal output signal that is free of the influence of external noise. That is, if the magnitude of an output signal detected is greater than that of a normal output signal, it is highly likely that the output signal detected is under the influence of external noise, and if the magnitude of an output signal detected is as great as that of a normal output signal, it is highly likely that the output signal detected is free of the influence of external noise. Therefore, the presence or absence of external noise can be detected by detecting the magnitude of an output signal.
- the noise detection section of the the foregoing configuration or in the noise detecting step of the the foregoing method the presence or absence of at least external noise of an input operation performed on the touch panel is detected in accordance with the magnitude of at least one of the plurality of output signals detected by the signal detection section or in the signal detecting step.
- the "presence or absence of external noise” can be determined, for example, depending on whether or not a value such as the median, the average value, or the deviation value exceeds a predetermined threshold value. It should be noted that the value such as the median, the average value, or the deviation value is utilized to avoid erroneous detection.
- the foregoing configuration or method is configured such that in a case where the presence of external noise has been detected by the noise detection section or in the noise detecting step, a process for reducing the external noise by adjusting a cycle or duration of a horizontal synchronization period of the driving signal is executed. This makes it possible to surely detect a touch signal even in a case where a cycle of external noise interferes with a cycle of a 1H period.
- the touch panel driving device may be configured to further include an interrupt control section that, in a case where the presence of external noise has been detected by the noise detection section, transmits to the noise reduction section an interrupt signal indicating that the presence of external noise has been detected, wherein upon receiving the interrupt signal from the interrupt control section, the noise reduction section executes the process for reducing the external noise.
- This configuration makes it possible to separately provide a section that executes a process for reducing external noise (e.g. the host controller) and a section that detects external noise (e.g. the touch panel controller), thus making it possible, for example, to reduce the information processing cost and device cost on the touch panel controller as compared with a case where the touch panel controller is provided with both the section that executes a process for reducing external noise and the section that detects external noise.
- a section that executes a process for reducing external noise e.g. the host controller
- a section that detects external noise e.g. the touch panel controller
- the touch panel driving device may be configured such that: the noise detection section identifies a cycle of the external noise; and in accordance with the cycle of the external noise as identified by the noise detection section, the noise reduction section adjusts the cycle or duration of the horizontal synchronization period of the driving signal so that a predetermined amount or more of external noise is not inputted when the signal detection section detects the plurality of output signals.
- This configuration will not greatly change the cycle or duration of the 1H period more than necessary. Therefore, this configuration makes it possible, for example, to avoid a situation where a change in the cycle or duration of the 1H period causes the frame rate of display to be less than 60 Hz.
- the touch panel driving device may be configured to further include a storage section in which the cycle or duration of the horizontal synchronization period as adjusted by the noise reduction section when the process for reducing the external noise was executed is stored.
- storing an adjusted value of the cycle or duration of a 1H period in the memory section in advance and calling up the adjusted value makes it possible to, after the adjusted value has been stored in the memory section, shorten the duration of a process for avoiding external noise and the duration of touch panel sensitivity degradation, thus making it possible to shorten touch detection time, i.e. to improve the operability of the touch panel.
- a display device includes: a touch panel driving device of any one of the above configurations; and the touch panel.
- the foregoing configuration makes it possible to achieve a display device that can surely detect a touch signal even in a case where a cycle of external noise interferes with a cycle of a 1H period.
- a display device may be a liquid crystal display device.
- a portable terminal may include: a touch panel driving device including the interrupt control section; the touch panel; and a feeding section that supplies a power source to a display device including the touch panel driving device and the touch panel, the interrupt control section determining, in accordance with a remaining amount of electricity that the feeding section is able to feed, whether or not to transmit the interrupt signal to the noise reduction section.
- the foregoing configuration makes it possible for example to, in a case where the remaining amount of electricity that the feeding section can feed is small, cause the interrupt control section not to transmit an interrupt signal to the noise reduction section, thus making it possible to reduce power consumption and therefore extend the length of time for which the portable terminal can operate.
- the feed circuit operates, for example, at a constant current when the remaining amount of electricity that can be fed (i.e. the remaining battery level) becomes smaller. Since the switching (SW) frequency of the power source circuit is constant in a constant current state, the way spurious noise appears (for example, as shown in Fig. 7 ) hardly changes.
- Each of the sections of the touch panel driving device and each of the steps of the touch panel driving method may be realized by a computer.
- a touch panel driver program for realizing the touch panel driving device and the touch panel driving method on a computer by causing the computer to operate as each of the sections and by causing the computer to execute each of the steps and a computer-readable storage medium containing the program are encompassed in the scope of the present invention.
- the present invention is applicable to a display device having a touch panel incorporated therein and to a portable terminal including such a display device.
- a display device to which the present invention is applicable include: an active-matrix liquid crystal display device; an electrophoretic display; a twisted-ball display; a reflective display employing a fine prism film; a display employing a light modulation device such as a digital mirror device; a display employing, as a light-emitting element, an element (such as an organic EL light-emitting element, an inorganic EL light-emitting element, or an LED (light-emitting diode) whose emission luminance is variable; a field emission display (FED); and a plasma display.
- an active-matrix liquid crystal display device an electrophoretic display
- a twisted-ball display a reflective display employing a fine prism film
- a display employing a light modulation device such as a digital mirror device
- a display employing, as a
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